"IS is a dangerous, sadistic version of Che Guevara's appeal. It glorifies the anarchic warrior, whose pure ideals threaten the existing order in the West, an order that lacks spirit and meaning, an order that consists of credit cards and individual rights. That world is trapped in a spiritual vacuum and suffers from perpetual attention deficit disorder. It is a world that lives online, a world of computer games in which the heroes are gangsters. It is a world of hard-core porn for all and of TV series like "Game of Thrones," which sometimes almost appears to be the cinematic inspiration for IS videos. In such a world, a perverted, sadistic movement like IS is the real thing. It offers young Muslims, including some Westerners, a nihilistic, anarchistic adventure with pretentions of holiness in anamusement park of decapitations and rape. After all, young males have always been driven by testosterone and adrenaline."
Read more: http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2014/09/jorje-luis-borges-islamic-terror-world-jihad-europe-turkey.html#
Read more: http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2014/09/jorje-luis-borges-islamic-terror-world-jihad-europe-turkey.html#